New Delhi:Rishab Shetty's Kantara 1, released on October 2, has already etched its name in the history of the year's highest-grossing films. With no major releases for two weeks, Kantara 1 enjoyed a free run at the box office.

After completing 14 days, the film minted a whopping Rs 485.40 crore across all languages.The Kannada film was released in dubbed versions of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam, with Hindi contributing approximately Rs 160 crore to the total so far.

Now the question is: Will Kantara 1 retain its box office hold after Hindi Diwali releases like Thamma and Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, and Tamil releases like Dude and Bison?Trade experts Taran Adarsh and Komal Nahta answered this query in an exclusive chat with NDTV.

Komal Nahta and Taran Adarsh agreed that the business of Kantara 1 will be impacted by the new releases.

Rishab Shetty's film, which is steadily racing towards Rs 500 crore at the domestic box office, might lose screen counts to the Diwali release starring Rasmika Mandanna and Ayushmann Khurrana. The performance of Kantara 1 will depend on how many screens the film retains in the coming week.

Source:Ndtv